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UMW Presents a Palette of Pandemic-Era Arts

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Mary Washington Trio Brews Guinness World Record Opportunity
As children, Ray Parrish ’91 and his brother were obsessed with the Guinness Book of World Records, devouring the new, hardbound volume they unwrapped each Christmas morning. It was a lifelong dream, Parrish said, to see their own names among …

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Alumni Trio Adapts to Teaching in Madrid, Pandemic Style
Mary Washington alumna Cara Wissinger ’19 is among several UMW graduates who moved to Madrid to teach after studying abroad in Spain while in college. When quarantine began in March 2020, Chloe Morton ’19 decided to improvise, creating virtual scavenger …

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COVID Delays, But Fails to Deter Fulbright Scholars
Hannah Rothwell ’19 was recently in the middle of a meeting for her internship at a D.C. think tank when she received a text out of the blue: Call the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan immediately. 2019 alumna Hannah Rothwell is …

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First-Year Leadership Program Inspires Student Success
Stephen Covert ’93 sees information about all kinds of collegiate leadership programs cross his desk as principal of Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey, Florida. An email from his alma mater stood out. It described a program that …